﻿72 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  33081 
  to 
  33085. 
  Meconopsis 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Glasnevin, 
  Dublin, 
  Ireland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Moore, 
  keeper, 
  Royal 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  33081. 
  Meconopsis 
  cambrica 
  Viguier. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  33011 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33082. 
  Meconopsis 
  cambrica 
  Viguier. 
  

   Flore 
  pleno. 
  

  

  33083. 
  Meconopsis 
  integrifolia 
  (Maxim.) 
  Franch. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  13340 
  and 
  31269 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33084. 
  Meconopsis 
  paniculata 
  (Don) 
  Prain. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  herbaceous 
  perennial 
  with 
  yellow 
  flowers, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Nepal, 
  Sikkim, 
  and 
  Bhutan 
  in 
  

   northern 
  India. 
  

  

  33085. 
  Meconopsis 
  wallichii 
  Hooker. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25070 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33086 
  to 
  33088. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Okitsu, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Tanikawa, 
  in 
  charge, 
  Government 
  

   Horticultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tanikawa: 
  

  

  33086. 
  " 
  Zenjimaru. 
  A 
  sweet 
  variety, 
  with 
  male, 
  female, 
  and 
  complete 
  

   flowers 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  stock." 
  

  

  33087. 
  " 
  Fuji. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  astringent 
  varieties 
  in 
  our 
  country." 
  

  

  33088. 
  u 
  Fuyu. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  sweet 
  varieties 
  in 
  this 
  country." 
  

  

  33089 
  and 
  33090. 
  Gossypium 
  spp. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Abyssinia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Guy 
  R. 
  Love, 
  American 
  vice 
  consul 
  general, 
  

   Addis 
  Abeba. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Love: 
  

  

  33089. 
  "Gojamie. 
  From 
  Gojam, 
  south 
  of 
  Lake 
  Tsana." 
  

  

  33090. 
  ''Gondarie. 
  From 
  Gondar, 
  north 
  of 
  Lake 
  Tsana." 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  cotton 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  Lake 
  Tsana 
  district 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  superior 
  quality, 
  

   being 
  of 
  longer 
  fiber 
  and 
  lighter 
  in 
  color." 
  

  

  33091. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Bordj 
  bou 
  Arreridj, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Couston, 
  agricultural 
  

   engineer. 
  Received 
  November 
  8, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  March 
  11, 
  1912. 
  

   "(Blue 
  flowers.) 
  Spontaneous 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  plateaus 
  at 
  Bordj 
  bou 
  Arreridj; 
  cal- 
  

   careous 
  soils, 
  sometimes 
  very 
  dry." 
  (Couston.) 
  

  

  33092. 
  Cucumis 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Cucumber. 
  

  

  From 
  Yaroslav 
  Province, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  A. 
  Rosen, 
  Chief, 
  

   American 
  Agricultural 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Governmental 
  Zemstvo 
  of 
  Yekaterinoslav, 
  

   Russia, 
  at 
  Minneapolis, 
  Minn. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  1912. 
  

   "Variety 
  Muromshy. 
  Originated 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Yaroslav, 
  Russia. 
  The 
  earliest 
  

   variety 
  grown 
  in 
  Russia. 
  Prolific, 
  excellent 
  quality. 
  An 
  open-ground 
  variety, 
  but 
  is 
  

   frequently 
  grown 
  also 
  under 
  glass." 
  (Rosen.) 
  

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